NEW YORK — RKF has arranged two new leases at the 50-story Grace Building in Midtown New York for renowned chef Gabriel Kreuther’s first solo restaurant and Bluestone Lane Coffee. Kreuther’s yet-to-be-named restaurant will be located at 1114 Avenue of the Americas, directly across from Bryant Park. The property will consists of 8,000 square feet on the ground floor and 7,000 square feet on the second floor. Glen Coben of architectural and interior design firm Glen & Co. will design the restaurant. Spencer Levy and Michael Yohai of RKF represented Gabriel Kreuther and the Teton Restaurant Group in the lease. Edward Hogan and Mark Kostic represented Brookfield internally. Bluestone Lane Coffee has taken a 600-square-foot café space on the plaza at the Grace Building. Jon Krieger of RKF represented Bluestone in the transaction. Edward Hogan represented Brookfield internally. The Grace Building is co-owned by Brookfield and The Swig Co.
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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Rechler Equity Partners has arranged the lease for 20,092 square feet of office space at the firm’s 146,705-square-foot 110 Bi County Blvd. in Farmingdale. BeWild.com in association with Utopia.com, an e-commerce retailer, committed to the long-term lease. Alberto Fiorini of Alliance Real Estate Corp. represented BeWild.com.
NEW YORK — Colliers International has arranged a long-term lease renewal at 469 Seventh Ave. for the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) in New York. The MTA will continue to lease the entire 11th and 14th floors, totaling 34,000 square feet. The 267,000-square-foot 469 Seventh Ave. building is located at the southeast corner of West 36th Street and includes access to Penn Station and the Port Authority Bus Terminal. Eric Meyer, Marty Meyer and Dan Shavolian of Foremost Real Estate own the building. Jodi Roberts and Josh Kuriloff of Cushman & Wakefield represented the MTA in the renewal.
ST. LOUIS — ElmTree Net Lease Fund II has acquired five single-tenant net lease investment properties for $90.3 million. The acquisitions include a 34.4-acre industrial property in Fort Wayne, Ind., and four office properties in Ohio, South Carolina, Minnesota and Alabama. The build-to-suit project acquired for $52.6 million in Fort Wayne will consist of the development and construction of an approximately 333,750-square-foot manufacturing building. The office properties include a 100,800-square-foot single-tenant facility in Columbus, Ohio, purchased for $11.8 million; a 39,794-square-foot, single-tenant facility in Lexington, S.C., purchased for $5.5 million; a 75,601-square-foot, single-tenant facility in Arden Hills, Minn., purchased for $7.5 million; and a 66,500 square-foot office and call center located on an 8.8-acre land parcel in Birmingham, Ala., bought for $12.8 million. ElmTree Net Lease Fund II LLC is a real estate private equity fund sponsored by St. Louis-based ElmTree Funds LLC.
NEW HAVEN, IND. — Cronheim Mortgage has arranged two permanent loans totaling $4.5 million for Big Lots-anchored centers in New Haven, Ind., and Bristol, Tenn. The 75 percent LTV cash-out refinances feature a 10-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule. Both centers are located in tertiary submarkets of fewer than 15,000 inhabitants. David Turley and Anna Westhoff of Cronheim Mortgage arranged the loans for the undisclosed borrower.
DEARBORN, MICH. — Ford Land, a subsidiary of Ford Motor Co., has opened The Executive Offices at Fairlane Plaza, a Class A executive office building in Dearborn. The executive offices feature 21 private, furnished offices in a suite with a lobby, conference rooms and kitchen. The property is located at 290 Town Center Drive. Building amenities include a full-service café, salon, courtyard, parking garage, 24/7 security and on-site property management. The executive offices are an extension of Ford Land’s small business offerings. Several years ago, Ford Land began offering suites ranging from approximately 200 to 3,000 square feet in several of its multi-tenant buildings. Ford Land hosted a ribbon cutting for the Executive Offices at Fairlane Plaza in August.
DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. — Bradford Allen Realty Services has arranged a 17,000-square-foot lease on behalf of Residential Home Health in Downers Grove. The provider of home, health and hospice services will occupy space located at 1431 Opus Place in the Executive Towers West I building. The company is relocating to Executive Towers West I from 40 Shuman Blvd. in Naperville, Ill. Joel Berger of Bradford Allen Realty Services and Troy, Mich.-based Skyline Properties represented Residential Home Health. John Norris, John Clark and Rob Lundin of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented ownership in the lease transaction.
ISSAQUAH, WASH. — Costco Wholesale Corporation has leased 176,656 square feet of office space at Sammamish Parkplace in Issaquah. The facility is located one block east of East Lake Sammamish Parkway. It sits adjacent to 220th Avenue. The lease represents an expansion for Costco, which has been headquartered in Issaquah since 1995. The wholesale retailer also operates a 150,000-square-foot membership warehouse at 1801 10th Ave. West within the city. The three-building Sammamish Parkplace contains a total of 586,823 square feet. Microsoft occupies the other two buildings. The center is owned by Vulcan Real Estate.
PHOENIX — Stockbridge Funds has acquired St. Luke’s Medical Building, a 49,816-square-foot medical office building in Phoenix, for $8.4 million. The building is located at 555 North 18th Street in the downtown area. It sits adjacent to St. Luke’s Medical Center. The facility was built in 2006. It is currently 86 percent leased. Eric Wichterman and Mike Coover of Cassidy Turley represented both the buyer and seller.
PHOENIX – The 137-unit Villa Serena apartment complex in Phoenix has sold to Janet LePage for $6.4 million. The Class B community is located at 4221 W. Dunlap Ave. It was built in 1982. Bill Hahn, Jeffrey Sherman and Trevor Koskovich of Colliers International’s HSK Multifamily represented both the buyer and seller, Bligh Group LLC, in this transaction.